Birdingpooleharbourandbeyond

I had started the first full day of my mini-break in Patagonia in the dunes a few miles to the South of Las Grutas. After seeing a few Ticks here, I had driven West to the town of Viedma, before heading along the Southern side of the Rio Negro river to the small coastal town of Balneario El Condor. As I reached the outskirts, I turned left to the hamlet of El Pescadero. Tall dun...

It's hard to go out Birding in the Isle of Purbeck for a couple of hours and not see, or at least hear, a Raven. These days they are a common species, albeit many sightings are of Ravens flying over at a distance. For a change, I was walking back to the car park at St Aldhelms along Emmetts Head, rather than following the main track back. There were a couple of Ravens feeding cl...

Well that's a Blog Post title I never expected to write, given there are a lot of same-same looking Tyrannulets, but like Birding, you can always be surprised. You will have to read further into the Blog Post to find out the species: it's worth it. After an early lunch in Las Grutas, I had a two and a half hour drive East, but I was planning on roadside stops in areas of similar...

After a three hour drive from Puerto Madryn, I arrived at the town of Las Grutas after dark. As I drove through the town there were parties of Burrowing Parrots roosting on telegraph wires and trees in the town centre. I guess coming into the town is safer than roosting in the low scrubby bushes, where they might be grabbed by a nocturnal predator. I found the dirt road and drov...

I was just getting ready to go out Birding when I got a text, which was rapidly followed by more texts from other mates. All were saying that news of an adult Night Heron had just broken on the local Purbeck whatsapp group. Even better it was at the Rees Cox hide and had been found by Poole togger, Rich Stevenson. I knew that Rich only carries bins and a camera, so it wasn't goi...